keep quiet or control himself, nor has he to make an effort for the same. Because, in his state as a majzoob, which is divine bliss, he does not at all feel the slap or the kick. He has gone beyond that state of feeling.

The question of feeling, even after God-Realization, comes only when the God-Realized being again comes down to the world of phenomena with normal consciousness. There, he can use non-violence, pure and simple, which is based on divine love, and try to persuade the aggressor – the one who slapped or kicked – through infinite love. In his Beyond state, where all souls are One, he is himself both the striker and the stricken, the aggressor and the aggrieved.

It is either Unity – Oneness – or duality. There is no stage in between.

Different yogas have different means; for example, for bhakti yoga, it is love; for karma yoga, it is non-violence and so on. In karma yoga, love for individuals is "non-violence of the brave," and love for the masses is "non-violent violence." The Beloved in karma yoga is non-violence pure and simple. Now to reach the Beloved aspect, you have to go through the path of love.

Why is God called the Beloved? Because we reach Him through love. When you reach Him through non-violence, you call Him infinite non-violence. The dnyanis – wise ones – call Him "Infinite Chaitanya," or Infinite Consciousness. Those who follow raja yoga call him Prabhu – the Maker and Creator of everything. Thus God is named after the path through which one attains and realizes Him.

Commenting about lust and celibacy, Baba stated:

If one is lustful, he has a tendency to fasten his lust upon several persons of the opposite sex. The ideal of brahmacharya (celibacy) does not allow even the touch of the person of the opposite sex. Now if the Master, who is entirely free from lust, wants to help a strongly lustful person, he knows that the aspirant is incapable of brahmacharya. Therefore, he allows him to legally marry, but he asks him to limit his lust only to one woman. Then gradually, as lust diminishes, he may be asked to give up all acts of lust, even with his wedded wife, although he can maintain and continue the married life. In this manner, lust is gradually eliminated and the goal of brahmacharya (sexlessness) is finally obtained.